Colleen Hanabusa

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About Colleen Hanabusa

Colleen Hanabusa is president of the Hawai'i State Senate, the first woman leader of either house in the Hawai'i legislature and also the first Asian American woman in the country to preside over a state legislative body.<br/><br/>She has dedicated herself to public service as a labor attorney, community organizer, and leader in the Hawai`i State Senate.<br/><br/>In November 1998, in her first run for public office, Senator Hanabusa was elected to serve the people of the Twenty-First District as their State Senator. Since being elected, Senator Hanabusa has served as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Water, Land & Agriculture; Hawaiian Affairs), Vice-President of State Senate), Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means), as Co-Chair of the Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee concerning the Felix Consent Decree and now as Senate President.<br/><br/>The Hanabusa's have lived in Wai`anae for four generations. Colleen Hanabusa has shown herself to be a trusted leader who is absolutely unafraid to tackle even the most difficult and controversial issues. Aside from her duties as a State Senator, Senator Hanabusa is a one of Hawai`i's top attorneys with almost 30 years of experience and is a corporate officer in a family-run corporation.<br/><br/>Senator Hanabusa has also received a number of accolades in her professional life. She is a Lifetime Member in The National Registry of Who's Who, has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward and White, Inc., served as a delegate to the Hawai`i State Judicial Conference, and was noted in Honolulu Magazine's One of Hawai`i's A+ Attorneys in 1993 and continuing to be named on a similar list.<br/><br/>Senator Hanabusa is a 1969 graduate of the St. Andrew's Priory. She received her B.A. in Economics & Sociology in 1973 and her M.A. in Sociology in 1975 from the University of Hawai`i and in 1977 received her J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law.